Lou Reed - Words & Music, May 1965 (Deluxe Edition 2LP 45 RPM Set w/Bonus 7")
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Lou Reed - Words & Music, May 1965 (Deluxe Edition 2LP 45 RPM Set w/Bonus 7")
2235 Fern Street
Pickup currently unavailable
2235 Fern Street
San Diego CA 92104
United States
- All tracks previously unreleased
- Produced in partnership with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive
- Inaugural release in Light in the Attic’s Lou Reed Archive Series
- Features the earliest-known recordings of “I’m Waiting for the Man,” “Pale Blue Eyes" and “Heroin" as made famous by The Velvet Underground
- Includes seven unheard Lou Reed compositions
- 45 RPM 2LP set pressed on Audiophile-Quality 180-gram black vinyl at RTI
- Features the only vinyl release of “I’m Waiting for the Man – May 1965 Alternate Version”
- Remastered from the original analog tapes by GRAMMY®-nominated engineer John Baldwin
- Package designed by multi-GRAMMY®-winning artist Masaki Koike
- Includes bonus 7-inch record, housed in die-cut picture sleeve containing the first-ever vinyl release of six unheard tracks recorded between 1958 and 1964, including early demos, a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” and a doo-wop serenade recorded in ‘58 when the legendary singer-songwriter was just sixteen-years-old
- Saddle-stitched, die-cut 28-page book featuring lyrics, archival photos, and liner notes by Greil Marcus, Don Fleming and Jason Stern
- Archival reproduction of letter written by Reed to Delmore Schwartz, circa 1964
- Includes CD containing complete audio from the package, housed in die-cut jacket
- Entire package housed in stylized, die-cut gatefold LP jacket manufactured by Stoughton Printing Co.
- Foil numbered and limited to 7,500 copies worldwide on black vinyl